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. 2021 Aug 27;15:727060. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.727060

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Accelerated evolution of human brain and SARS-CoV-2: potential mechanisms underlying systemic dyshomeostasis. Evolutionary adaptations mediating innovations in human brain form and function (upper panel). Parallel evolutionary adaptations in SARS-CoV-2 (lower panel). Created using biorender.com. A, Adenosine; I, inosine; ADAR, adenosine deaminases acting on RNA; oSVZ, outer subventricular zone; TF, transcription factor; ORF, open reading frame; RdRp, RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase; E, envelope protein; N, nucleocapsid protein.